When I Think of Child Development

"If we want to invest in the prosperity of our nation, we must invest in the education of our children so that their talents may be fully emploted.-"William J.Clinton

When I Think of Child Development

If I had my child to raise all over again,

I'd finger paint more and point the finger less.
I'd do less correcting and more connecting.
I'd take my eyes off my watch and watch with my eyes.
I would care to know less and know to care more.
I'd take more hikes and fly more kites.
I'd stop playing serious and seriously play.
I'd run through more fields and gaze at more stars.
I'd do more hugging and less tugging.
I would be firm less often and affirm much more.
I'd build self-esteem first and the house later.
I'd teach less about the love of power
and more about the power of love.

By: Diane Loomans

Testing for Intelligence

When it comes to assessing children I think that it's so important to have more than one way to do this.  As a child growing up I always knew that I learned differently then my peers.  It's not that I didn't know what I was learning I just had a hard time expressing what I've learned on paper ( I hope this makes sense).  As time went on I always manage to get by but didn't realize how serious my struggles were until I enrolled in college.  Because so much of my time was spent writing papers or discussion post I had a hard time writing out what I've learned.  If I could verbally tell what I've learned I would do just fine.  I'm still not quite sure what my problem is and maybe some of you will be able to make some suggestions but I feel that many children can learn the same material just in different ways.  It’s very frustrating to know that you want to say but it never comes out on paper when you try to write. 

When it comes to children be assessed across the world I think that we all must remember that children are first children and even older children need to experience different styles of testing.  I know that they learn through many standardized testing, essays etc. but what other ways are we allowing them to be assessed.  This is just a question for any current teachers out there.